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The relation of protein content to variety types in American wheat
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 March 2009
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1. Protein in wheat is the most important constituent, and therefore the chief constituent to breed for. No wheat variety possesses at once combined the desired characteristics of high protein, high yield, maximum flour production, and maximum bushel weight.
2. So far as climatic factors are concerned, a short, comparatively dry growing season, especially in the spring, in the case of winter wheat, favours the development of grain rich in gluten, and hence high in protein.
3. The most important ground factor in determining the starchprotein ratio is the water supply. The protein content has been found to vary from 11·63 per cent, under 22–24 inches of rainfall to 14·93 per cent, under 12–13 inches (Minnesota); and from 12·63 per cent, under 25 inches of irrigation to 13·62 per cent, under no irrigation (Utah).
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